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Polish president says Russia seeks 'new Cold War'

Polish president Andrzej Duda has told the Reuters news agency in an interview that "looking at Russian actions, it is clear who is seeking a new Cold War." He said Russia is "undertaking aggressive military activities in Ukraine and Syria ... [and] bolstering [its] military presence near [its] neighbours."

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.